Sarah Dessen Quotes
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.
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You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I just have the stylist on set trim it for me. I don't dye my hair. When I was a teenager, I dyed my hair five colors at one time. It was all different shades of red going from more orange to more purple. I thought I looked so cool.
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Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?
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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
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Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.
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But it was important to simply be sought, even if you didn‟t ever want to be found.
